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The Black Public Sphere (Series): A Public Culture Book (Black Literature and Culture) Paperback – October 15, 1995
by
The Black Public Sphere Collective
(Editor)
During the 1980s and 1990s the black public sphere has expanded in reach and complexity even as progressive black political agendas have been and continue to be shattered and social programs gutted. Today, African Americans find themselves more highly integrated into American life than ever before, and yet, in many ways they are still as thoroughly segregated as at any time during this century.
To think about the black public sphere we have to be willing to rethink the relationship between markets and freedom, commodity and identity, property and pleasure. This book provides more sophisticated approaches to matters historically consigned to inadequate rubrics—"the Negro problem," "subcultures," "minorities," "inner city," and "multicultural." While these rubrics constrict and stereotype, the analytic potential of the black public sphere is that it facilitates new ways to discuss democratic values and citizenship.
To think about the black public sphere we have to be willing to rethink the relationship between markets and freedom, commodity and identity, property and pleasure. This book provides more sophisticated approaches to matters historically consigned to inadequate rubrics—"the Negro problem," "subcultures," "minorities," "inner city," and "multicultural." While these rubrics constrict and stereotype, the analytic potential of the black public sphere is that it facilitates new ways to discuss democratic values and citizenship.
- Print length355 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press Journals
- Publication dateOctober 15, 1995
- Dimensions7 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-100226071928
- ISBN-13978-0226071923
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The Black Public Sphere examines the significance of the black public sphere as manifested in African American contributions in film, literature, music, and political culture. To think the black public sphere we have to be willing to rethink the relationship between markets and freedom, commodity and identity, property and pleasure. The essays in this collection provide more sophisticated approaches to matters historically consigned to inadequate rubrics - "the Negro problem", "subcultures", "minorities", "inner city", and "multicultural". While these rubrics constrict and stereotype, the analytic potential of the black public sphere is that it facilitates new approaches to discussing democratic values and citizenship. This multidisciplinary approach to African American cultural politics demonstrates ways that scholars are challenging and reformulating the concept of the public sphere.
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- Publisher : University of Chicago Press Journals; 1st edition (October 15, 1995)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 355 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0226071928
- ISBN-13 : 978-0226071923
- Item Weight : 1.44 pounds
- Dimensions : 7 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,502,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5,982 in Black & African American Biographies
- #8,086 in African American Demographic Studies (Books)
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